Leviticus 21

1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Speak to Aaron’s sons, the priests, and tell them that a priest is not to defile himself for a dead person among his people,

1 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى: «أَوْصِ الْكَهَنَةَ أَبْنَاءَ هَرُونَ أَلّا يُنَجِّسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ نَفْسَهُ بِلَمْسِ جُثَّةِ مَيْتٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ،

2 except for his immediate family—his mother, father, son, daughter, or brother,

2 إِلّا إِذَا كَانَ الْمَيْتُ أَقْرَبَ أَقْرِبَائِهِ إِلَيْهِ: أُمَّهُ وَأَبَاهُ وَابْنَهُ وَابْنَتَهُ وَأَخَاهُ،

3 or his unmarried sister who is near to him, since she has no husband.

3 وَأُخْتَهُ الْعَذْرَاءَ الَّتِي لَمْ تَتَزَوَّجْ، الْمُقِيمَةَ عَلَى مَقْرُبَةٍ مِنْهُ، فَمِنْ أَجْلِهَا يَتَنَجَّسُ،

4 He is not to defile himself for those related to him by marriage, and so profane himself.

4 لأَنَّ الْكَاهِنَ هُوَ رَئِيسٌ فِي قَوْمِهِ، وَعَلَيْهِ أَلّا يُنَجِّسَ نَفْسَهُ شَعَائِرِيًّا كَغَيْرِهِ مِنَ النَّاسِ الْعَادِيِّينَ.

5 Priests must not make bald spots on their heads, shave off the edges of their beards, or make cuts in their bodies.

5 وَلا يَحْلِقَ الْكَاهِنُ شَعْرَهُ قَرْعَةً، أَوْ جَانِبَيْ لِحْيَتِهِ، أَوْ يَجْرَحَ جَسَدَهُ حُزْناً عَلَى مَيْتٍ.

6 They must be holy to their God and not profane the name of their God. Because they present to the LORD the food offerings, the food of their God, they must be holy.

6 وَعَلَى الْكَهَنَةِ أَنْ يَكُونُوا مَفْرُوزِينَ لإِلَهِهِمْ. لَا يُدَنِّسُوا اسْمَهُ لأَنَّهُمْ يُقَرِّبُونَ وَقَائِدَ الرَّبِّ كَأَنَّهَا طَعَامٌ يُقَدِّمُونَهُ لإِلَهِهِمْ فَيَكُونُ مُقَدَّساً.

7 A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

7 وَلا يَتَزَوَّجُوا امْرَأَةً زَانِيَةً أَوْ مِنْ غَيْرِ سِبْطِهِمْ، أَوِ امْرَأَةً مُطَلَّقَةً مِنْ زَوْجِهَا، لأَنَّهُمْ مُقَدَّسُونَ لإِلَهِهِمْ،

8 You are to regard him as holy, since he presents the food of your God. He shall be holy to you, because I the LORD am holy—I who set you apart.

8 لأَنَّ الْكَاهِنَ مُفْرَزٌ لِيُقَدِّمَ ذَبَائِحَ لإِلَهِكَ فَهُوَ مُقَدَّسٌ عِنْدَكَ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ مُقَدِّسُكُمْ، قُدُّوسٌ.

9 If a priest’s daughter defiles herself by prostituting herself, she profanes her father; she must be burned in the fire.

9 وَإذَا زَنَتِ ابْنَةُ الْكَاهِنِ فَيَجِبُ حَرْقُهَا لأَنَّهَا دَنَّسَتْ قَدَاسَةَ أَبِيهَا.

10 The priest who is highest among his brothers, who has had the anointing oil poured on his head and has been ordained to wear the priestly garments, must not let his hair hang loose or tear his garments.

10 وَالْكَاهِنُ الأَعْظَمُ بَيْنَ إِخْوَتِهِ، الَّذِي سُكِبَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ دُهْنُ الْمَسْحَةِ، وَتَكَرَّسَ لِيَرْتَدِيَ الثِّيَابَ الْمُقَدَّسَةَ، لَا يَكْشِفُ عَنْ رَأْسِهِ وَلا يَشُقُّ ثِيَابَهُ حِدَاداً عَلَى مَيْتٍ.

11 He must not go near any dead body; he must not defile himself, even for his father or mother.

11 وَلْيَتَفَادَ الدُّخُولَ إِلَى مَكَانٍ فِيهِ جُثَّةُ مَيْتٍ. وَلا يُنَجِّسْ نَفْسَهُ بِلَمْسِ جُثْمَانِ مَيْتٍ، حَتَّى لَوْ كَانَ ذَلِكَ جُثْمَانَ أَبِيهِ أَوْ أُمِّهِ.

12 He must not leave or desecrate the sanctuary of his God, for the consecration of the anointing oil of his God is on him. I am the LORD.

12 لَا يُفَارِقِ الْمَقْدِسَ فِي أَثْنَاءِ خِدْمَتِهِ، لِئَلّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسَ إِلَهِهِ، لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَمَّ تَكْرِيسُهُ بِسَكْبِ دُهْنِ مَسْحَةِ إِلَهِهِ عَلَيْهِ، فَأَنَا الرَّبُّ.

13 The woman he marries must be a virgin.

13 لِيَتَزَوَّجْ مِنْ عَذْرَاءَ،

14 He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

14 لَا مِنْ أَرْمَلَةٍ، وَلا مُطَلَّقَةٍ، وَلا زَانِيَةٍ مُدَنَّسَةٍ، بَلْ يَتَزَوَّجُ عَذْرَاءَ مِنْ سِبْطِهِ.

15 so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

15 فَلا يُدَنِّسُ نَسْلَهُ بَيْنَ شَعْبِهِ، لأَنِّي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أُقَدِّسُهُ».

16 Then the LORD said to Moses,

16 وَقَالَ الرَّبُّ لِمُوسَى:

17 “Say to Aaron, ‘For the generations to come, none of your descendants who has a physical defect may approach to offer the food of his God.

17 «قُلْ لِهَرُونَ: لَا يُقَرِّبْ رَجُلٌ مِنْ نَسْلِكَ فِيهِ عَاهَةٌ ذَبَائِحَ لإِلَهِهِ عَلَى مَدَى أَجْيَالِهِمْ،

18 No man who has any defect may approach—no man who is blind, lame, disfigured, or deformed;

18 فَكُلُّ رَجُلٍ مُصَابٍ بِعَاهَةٍ لَا يَتَقَدَّمْ سَوَاءٌ أَكَانَ أَعْمَى أَمْ أَعْرَجَ أَمْ مُشَوَّهَ الْوَجْهِ أَمْ فِيهِ عُضْوٌ زَائِدٌ،

19 no man who has a broken foot or hand,

19 وَلا مَكْسُورَ الْيَدِ أَوِ الرِّجْلِ،

20 or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.

20 وَلا أَحْدَبَ وَلا قَزْمَ، أَوْ مَنْ فِي عَيْنِهِ بَيَاضٌ، وَلا الأَجْرَبَ وَلا الأَكْلَفَ وَلا مَرْضُوضَ الْخِصْيَةِ.

21 No descendant of Aaron the priest who has a defect shall approach to present the food offerings to the LORD. Since he has a defect, he is not to come near to offer the food of his God.

21 يُحَظَرُ عَلَى كُلِّ رَجُلٍ فِيهِ عَاهَةٌ مِنْ نَسْلِ هرُونَ الْكَاهِنِ أَنْ يَتَقَدَّمَ لِيُقَرِّبَ ذَبَائِحَ الرَّبِّ،

22 He may eat the most holy food of his God as well as the holy food,

22 وَلَكِنَّهُ يَأْكُلُ مِنْ ذَبَائِحِ إِلَهِهِ، الْمُقَدَّمَةِ فِي قُدْسِ الأَقْدَاسِ وَالْقُدْسِ.

23 but because he has a defect, he must not go near the veil or approach the altar, so as not to desecrate My sanctuaries. For I am the LORD who sanctifies them.’”

23 غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ إِلَى مَا وَرَاءِ الحِجَابِ، وَلا يَقْتَرِبُ مِنَ الْمَذْبَحِ، لأَنَّ فِيهِ عَيْباً، لِئَلّا يُدَنِّسَ مَقْدِسِي، لأَنَّنِي أَنَا الرَّبُّ الَّذِي أُقَدِّسُهُمْ».

24 Moses told this to Aaron and his sons and to all the Israelites.

24 وَهَكَذَا أَبْلَغَ مُوسَى هَذِهِ الْوَصَايَا لِهَرُونَ وَأَبْنَائِهِ وَسَائِرِ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.